...Is everyone saying post-trade. You're saying that Lack is elite because you don't have neither Schneider nor Luongo now. Last year I remember a lot of Nucks fans talking about moving Lack since he wasn't panning out. So when did Lack start "projecting to be better than Schneider?"

Who the hell ever said that? I've NEVER heard anyone say that. Consensus has been that he absolutely beat Lu out for the starting job this year, and that he's been a high pedigree goaltender coming up through the system for years now. His AHL performance has been neck and neck with Schneider's.

How is that going to work? Reading about them is making me cross-eyed, and the retained salary angle isn't making it any easier to comprehend. Seems like it depends on when he retires, how long he plays for Florida before retiring, and about 47 other variables.

Who the hell ever said that? I've NEVER heard anyone say that. Consensus has been that he absolutely beat Lu out for the starting job this year, and that he's been a high pedigree goaltender coming up through the system for years now. His AHL performance has been neck and neck with Schneider's.

COULD.NOT.AGREE.MORE.

I Challenge anyone to back and find evidence of ANY canuck fan saying that.

How is that going to work? Reading about them is making me cross-eyed, and the retained salary angle isn't making it any easier to comprehend. Seems like it depends on when he retires, how long he plays for Florida before retiring, and about 47 other variables.

Yes.

If you want cliff notes on 'the likely' the Canucks take $800k/year until he retires and if he retires when Luongo's salary goes down the Canucks are at about $2.8mil for 4 years, Florida at about $1.2 mil during that time.

Who the hell ever said that? I've NEVER heard anyone say that. Consensus has been that he absolutely beat Lu out for the starting job this year, and that he's been a high pedigree goaltender coming up through the system for years now. His AHL performance has been neck and neck with Schneider's.

No kidding. If anything, there has been a small contingent of fans who thought Lack would be better than both. The rest thought he had the potential to be a starter. Hell, most people predicted that Lack would create a repeat of the situation with Schneider and Luongo. And yup, he did.

What's up with everyone ragging on this trade? Vancouver wasn't going to keep Luongo around long-term (if they could help it) and the team is clearly throwing in the towel on this year and the next few years. They get a young goalie and a third-line centre back and, if the rumours are correct, will be looking to offload a few more of their stars.

Last year, people were claiming that Vancouver would have been happy with TO's two seconds. Now they're saying that Gillis didn't get enough...

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Originally Posted by HABS win CUPS

Man wtf is gonna happen next with Vancouver what kind of playoff record does Lack have?

Playoffs? What playoffs?

Next up, they'll trade Kesler and Edler and then it's McDavid/Eichel here we come!

I just keep picturing someone proposing this deal on the trade board...and then I laugh.

That thread would have been locked quickly, I bet, yet here we are.

I'm not shocked he got moved, given the Heritage Classic, his desire to return to Florida, and the seemingly endless saga that went on the previous season(s)... yet it still feels hard to believe it's finally happened.

Happy for Luongo to be free of all of this. He might never win a Cup, but he's got two Olympic Gold, and can play out his career where his heart is.

Interested to see what comes next... what will the Thomas-Luongo dynamic be, and does this signal the start of a full rebuild of the Canucks?